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The Division of Household Labor: Longitudinal Changes and Within-Couple Variation
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Lam, Chun Bun; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
This study examined how the division of household labor changed as a function of marital duration and whether within-couple variation in spouses' relative power and availability were linked to within-couple variation in the division of labor. On 4 occasions over 7 years, 188 stably married couples reported on their housework activities using daily…
Descriptors: Diaries, Housework, Marriage, Spouses
The Family Context of Gender Intensification in Early Adolescence.
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Crouter, Ann C.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Reports on a longitudinal study of 144 young adolescents which hypothesized that boys and girls would experience increased gender-differential socialization across a 1-year period in which parents maintained a traditional division of labor, and there was a younger sibling of the opposite gender. Provides longitudinal analyses of three aspects of…
Descriptors: Family Life, Housework, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship
Men's Provider-Role Attitudes: Implications for Household Work and Marital Satisfaction.
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Perry-Jenkins, Maureen; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Family Issues, 1990
Examined spousal division of work inside and outside family home in couples (N=43) and cognitions men attach to their work and family roles. Found men's provider-role attitudes were related to their family work involvement. Found congruence of role beliefs and role behavior within home related to higher levels of marital satisfaction for men.…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Structure, Housework, Males
Seasonal Stability and Change in Dual-Earner Husbands' Psychological Responses to Work and Family Roles.
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Crouter, Ann C.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Interviewed 104 couples concerning their work and family roles in winter and in the following summer and winter. Husbands and wives decreased their involvement in work, and husbands increased their involvement in housework, during the summer. Husbands' psychological responses to work and family roles remained stable over time. (LB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Employed Parents, Employment Level, Family Role
Seasonal and Weekly Rhythms: Windows into Variability in Family Socialization Experiences in Early Adolescence.
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Crouter, Ann C.; Maguire, Mary Corinne – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1998
Examined how family socialization processes varied with season and time of week for young adolescents and their parents. Found that girls were more likely than boys to care for siblings during the summer. Adolescents' housework participation fanned out on weekends. Weekdays were less structured by social institutions for mothers who worked…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Caregivers, Early Adolescents, Employed Parents
Household Chores: Under What Conditions Do Mothers Lean on Daughters?
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Crouter, Ann C.; Head, Melissa R.; Bumpus, Matthew F.; McHale, Susan M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2001
Levels of involvement in household work were compared for sibling pairs in 172 families. In families where mothers had high work demands, daughters performed significantly more work than sons, and younger sisters did more work than older brothers. The gap in siblings' gender role attitudes was significantly greater in families wherein girls…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daughters, Employed Parents, Family (Sociological Unit)